Re: [Boost-build] discovering libraries with boost at build time

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] discovering libraries with boost at build time
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-09 12:08:20

>> > I still do not support  BBv2 for Boost.Locale even in the release for 
>> > review
>> > for one  simple
>> > reason - there is no even way to do something like find_library,  or
>> > find_path.
>>
>> exactly which libraries you need to  search?
>
> I need to search for ICU, and it does not supported by pkg-config and
> pkg-config is not an option for "Native Windows" developers (a.k.a. MSVC 
> users).
>
> Before you mention that Boost.Regex uses ICU, it indeed uses it but:
>
> - If fails to find correct library under MSVC debug builds and links with
> release onces.

That should be fixed in both Trunk and Release.

>  This is actually a bug. But unlike for Boost.Regex where ICU is totally
> optional, for Boost.Locale
>  it is quite central part.
>
> - It searchs for library manually, I mean it looks for a file like 
> libicuuc.so
> or cygicuuc.dll or

Not really any more - it's more like an autoconf-like approach now that 
Boost.Build supports configuration-like options - take a look at the current 
Regex Jamfile and see if it matches your needs at all.

HTH, John.